trentmagazine.ca

The Alumni Association has long held the view that celebrating the accomplishments of our alumni is one of the best ways of attesting to the excellence of our Trent educational experience. In this issue, you will learn of Deborah Berrill's inspired career, Phil Graham's acceptance of the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Achievement award and the momentous alumni results during the Beyond Our Walls campaign.

Storeyline is often devoted to highlighting the achievements and milestones of our graduates and former students. So many press clippings and other leads have been sent our way, that we needed the resources of our web site version of the Trent magazine (www.trentmagazine.ca) to properly outline them all.

Dan Coholan '77, President of Young Peoples Theatre, announces the theatre's first gift of $1.5 million. YPT has offered high quality, educationally oriented entertainment since 1966. The generous gift of Kevin Kimsa ensures the company's long-term viability. Under Dan's leadership of YPT, the staff and Board have worked together to structure the governance and management of the gift in order to best serve the organization's future success and growth. Dan is a Vice President and Director of RBC Dominion Securities. (YPT Media release - June 18, 2001)

Dan Coholan '77 with Cohalan Rowing Bursary recipients (left) Ken Hoard (2000) and (centre) Tim Desson (2001)

David James '68 receives first prize in a professional glass sculpture exhibition. The Montreal exhibition (the 10th edition of the Expo Concours at La Prairie) recognized David's cast glass sculture "Jubilation". David will holding a solo exhibition this spring of pieces made in Stroud, U.K., Pelechov, Czech Republic, Corning, U.S.A. and Montreal. The exhibition runs from March 26th to April 15th at Espace 418 on the fourth floor of Edifice Belgo at 372 Ste. Catherine Oeust.

Ian Tamblyn Ian Tamblyn '67 is the subject of front page story in the Arts section of the Ottawa Citizen (August 11, 2001). Since his 1976 Juno award-winning debut album , Ian Tamblyn has released 14 albums, written soundtracks for theatre and film, produced albums by many other artists, written nine plays, started the popular Acoustic Waves concert series, has a shelf of awards including an Ottawa Arts Council Award and an honorary doctorate from Lakehead University. He has done all this in Canada, never tempted to seek greener pastures in the U.S. But Ian has travelled. A trip to the North Pole inspired Magenetic North; while his Antarctica sold 25,000 copies. "You just hope that people will get what you're doingIf I'm doing something over a period of 25 years, I hope that people are coming to understand what I'm doing, and know that there's something that went before, there's now, and there's something that's going to happen in the future. I'm in a life's work."

Bill Waiser '71 is commissioned to write a book on the history of Saskatchewan. The provincial government and the University of Saskatchewan have teamed up to fund a book on Saskatchewan's history in time for the province's centennial in 2005. Bill is a renowned historian and Western Canadian researcher, who has written more than a half dozen books on Saskatchewan's past. He also hosts the CBC"s Looking Back, which airs weekly on the local news. Bill is determined that the telling of the history will include the voices of women, Natives and children - sectors of society often missed in history books. The illustrated book will be the university's birthday gift to the province. (The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon - November 6, 2001)

Caleb Smith '93 served as assistant rugby coach with the undefeated women's team at Niagara University. The team went on to win the New York state final, and to compete in the national finals.

Joyce Fee '68 joins the board of directors of Soroptimist International of the Americas. She will serve a two-year term for the international volunteer service organization for wome in business, management and the professions. Joyce is a former school principal who served on the Peterborough County Board of Education. She is also a member of the board of directors of Community Care, and is the president of the Peterborough chapter of the Autism Society of Ontario. Recently Joyce was inducted into the Order of Canada. (Soroptimist News - Dec. 4, 2001)

Marley Waiser '71 is awarded her PhD from Napier University in Edinburgh. Marley earlier completed her MSc. at the University of Saskatchewan and works for the Hydrological Institute of Canada in Saskatoon.

Jessica Hill '70 is appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-secondary division, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. She brings a wealth of experience laeding large, complex policy and operational initiatives in both the Ministry of Community and Social Sciences and the Ministry of Health. Over the last 4 _ years Jessica held two Assistant Deputy Minister positions. Prior to her time at MCSS, she spent 12 years with the Ministry of Health. Jessica began her new position January 7, 2002.

Christine White '77 is awarded a Canada Research Chair at the University of Western Ontario. She is an expert in Mesoamerican bioarchaeology. Christine took both her undergraduate degree and M.A. at Trent.

Roberto Acosta '85 is selected as one of 27 Latin Americans profiled in the October 15, 2001 issue of the Latin American edition of Time magazine. "The New Mexico" edition featured a gallery of activists, artists and entrepreneurs who are changing the nation. Roberto was one of 27 new generation Mexicans selected from 1500 candidates. Thanks to Roberto's network to monitor pollution and ultraviolet rays, he has been able to conclude that the city is getting the worst of both worlds : the polluted air harms the respiratory system and does not screen the sun's ultraviolet rays enough to eliminate the danger of skin cancer. Acosta aims to link all Mexican cities to an international air quality reporting system. But he is designing the network to carry more than alarming pollution data-the idea is to encourage cities to share solutions. (Time Latin American edition - October 18, 2001)

Ken Hartwick '81 is appointed Chief Financial Officer of Hydro One. Ken joined Hydro One in October 2000 as Senior Vice President of Finance. As CFO, he is responsible for financial stewardship and direction for Hydro One at the holding company level. Ken previously was a Vice President with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Canada Inc., where he worked primarily in the energy sector. (Hydro One announcement)

Wade Rowland 'MA '01 is the author of Galileo's Mistake : The Archaeology of a Myth. Wade is one of Canada's most respected literary journalists. In his latest book, he takes one of the modern world's most influential myths - the epic confrontation of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei - and turns it on ist head. He argues that Galileo's mistake at the dawning of the Scientific Revolution in the early 1600s was to insist that science provides the truth about nature. Wade Rowland has produced more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from television journalism, organized crime, international environmental law, communications technology, the philosophy of science and the sources of human values. (Press release, Blue Cat Design - November 2, 2001)

Richard Wright '70 wins the Giller Prize and the Governor General's award for his novel Clara Callan. While at Trent, Richard Wright published his first novel, The Weekend Man, to high acclaim. He was a mature student with a family, a member of Traill College and a Quaker Oats scholarship recipient. His wife Phyllis worked in the Philosophy department. Richard has fond memories of Trent professors Fred Tromly, Michael Treadwell and David Cameron. After Trent, he taught English at Ridley College for 20 years. He has published nine novels.

Heather Avery '79 (left) was given a "fiesta" send off by her Trent Student Affairs colleagues, including Jeanne Lynch
Heather Avery '79 is appointed as Director of University Guidance at Lakefield College School

Janet Friskney MA '93 presents The History of the Book in Canada at SkyClub. Janet is a post-doctoral fellow with the History of the Book in Canada project, and has been studying book history for about ten years. She has published articles in her field in several academic journals, and produced a number of entries for the Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. The History of the Book project plans to produde a 3-volume work that considers the history of Canadians' interactions with the world of books and other published materials from the beginning to the year 2000. (This Month on Skyclub - October 1, 2001)

Dawn Kuisma '87 releases a short film documentary, Shave It, Baby, Shave It. " Í have always wanted to make a film about the eroticism of shaving. From an early age I was fascinated with shaving and later I came to see it as very erotic. The men in my life have had to endure my strange obsession." In Dawn's film, young women share their first memories of Dad shaving in the bathroom, and reveal their personal stories about shaving and the various roles it has played in their lives. The entire film is intercut with beautiful, erotically charged images of a man shaving which expertly depicts the themes of the film. (CBC Newsworld Online )

Gordon Teskey '72 will accept a position as Professor of English at Harvard University in September 2002. He is currently teaching at Cornell University.

Yuwa Hedrick-Wong '71 is the chief economist for the Asia-Pacific region for Mastercard. Yuwa and his wife Esme recently visited old Trent froends in Vancouver, including Michael Levenston '70 , president of the City Farmer magazine. Yuwa is working as an economist and management consultant and continues to be active in the martial arts. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago's MBA school, at their Singapore campus. He is the author of two books. Alumni may remember him from the early 70s, when he was sensei of the Trent Karate Club and athlete of the year, in addition to being an outstanding student majoring in Philosophy. (submitted by James Mackinnon '71)

Charles Caldwell '81 receives two Asia Pacific human resources awards. Charles is the Director Human Resources for Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific. He won awards in two categories : Innovation in Recruitment and Retention of New Employees and Excellence in Performance Management. The judges looked for "a company that goes beyond the call in its creative use of both standard and unconventional avenues to attract, retain and recruit new talent , and, "the company that is innovative in its approach to employee motivation and best exemplifies performance management in action." (Memoramdum, Rockwell Automation - July 3, 2001)

David Patterson '66 announces a new company name - Northwater- as the successor to Newcastle Capital Management Inc. and their New York-based affiliate NewQuant Capital Inc. The change enables the company to present a unified image in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. Northwater Capital is an Ontario corporation with headquarters and main operations located in Toronto. The New York office will focus on U.S. hedge fund due diligence, client service and marketing. According to the Globe and Mail article, David Patterson has a message for other plucky entrepreneurs with global ambitions : before leaving the country, get a name that works right around the world. Newcastle Capital Management was born in 1989 out of a loophole in Canadian tax laws. Ottawa made it prohibitively expensive for anyone from pension funds to put more than 20% of their retirement savings in foreign securities. By using a small part of its clients' money to buy futures contracts on indexes such as Standard & Poor's 500, then investing the bulk in Canadian money markets, Newcastle captured foreign stock markets with a domestic product. When this also proved one of the most cost-effective ways to invest abroad, a business was born. Newcastle ,now Northwater, manages $8.2 billion in assets, $3.1 billion of which are invested in more than 40 different hedge funds, with the rest in synthetic index products. All this success doomed the Newcastle name. "While we saw this as an opportunity to develop a global identity, I don't think any of us imagined how difficult it would be." The Newcastle name in the U.S. was taken by a product of a brokerage house, along with rights for an internet site. The Newcastle logo of a stylized N reflected in water helped inspire the new name, Northwater.
"We want Northwater to be successful on a global stage, but we want to do that while being known as the folks from Canada." (Northwater announcement - August 13, 2001 & The Globe and Mail - August 13, 2001)

George '69 and Alida '70 Burrett are very active in the Guelph-Waterloo region in promoting clean air and eliminating global climate change. They celebrated 30 years together, thanks to finding each other as students at Trent. George has done over 1500 home energy audits in Guelph and Waterloo Region. Readers may want tom visit these websites : www.greencommutecanada.org, www.home.golden.net/~gaburrett and www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/Research/REEP

Suresh Narine MSc '95 receives a Canada Foundation for Innovation grant to conduct research at the University of Alberta. Suresh is Associate Professor and AVAC Chair in Rheology, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science at the University of Alberta. The Edmonton Journal profiled Suresh and his work "Probing the Tasty Power of Fat." As the head of a new future-foods research lab, he has a broad understanding of the complex world of fats. Are there ways to change the physical structure of food, and thus reduce the fat content, without changing the basic chemistry and taste? Suresh thinks so, partly due to his research at M&M/Mars chocolate bar company and with research partners at the University of Guelph. It is possible, Suresh believes, to change the fat structure of butter so it can be made spreadable right from the refrigerator. But fat crystals are only a small part of the work that is being done at the Agri-foods Material Sciences Centre of Excellence, funded in part by the Alberta Value Added Corporation. One idea is to analyze the physical structure of basic commodity grains such as barley and oats in order to use them as inexpensive building blocks in the creation of polymers, now made with expensive oil derivatives. "We live in the polymer age." It was the promise of research equipment and funds, and a Canadian lifestyle, that drew Suresh and his wife and triplets to Canada. (Edmonton Journal - April 30, 2001)

Ian Wilson '68 is the chair of the Kingston General Hospital board of directors. Ian is a longtime resident of Amherstview who served for 20 years as a municipal councillor, reeve and county warden. He understands the rural perspective and will be reaching out for new blood from communities further afield. Ian also has an eclectic background of volunteer positions. He served on and chaired the Kingston area health unit board, is a past chair of the Kingston Area Economic Development Commission and the Eastern Lake Ontario St. Lawrence River Waterfront Working Group, and he served as president of the Cataraqui Conservation Foundation. Since joining the KGH board five years ago, Ian has served on every standing committee of the board. (Kingston Whig Standard - July 16, 2001 - by Ann Lukits '68)

Gordon Watson MA '81 is the subject of an Ottawa Citizen article regarding his archaeological finds of aboriginal artifacts. An interest in archaeology dating back to childhood on a Saskatchewan farm developed into a Trent anthropology MA after retirement. Gordon's donation of aboriginal artifacts uncovered during his years as an amateur archaeologist has led, in part, to the Museum of Civilzation's exhibition, Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region's Ancient History. The exhibition contains dozens of arrowheads, tools, jewelry, pipes and other aboriginal artifacts dating as far back as 8,500 years, when humans are first believed to have moved into the Ottawa Valley after the retreat of the Champlain Sea. Gordon first made a pottery discovery on his own property in 1968. He began doing research in other areas along the Ottawa River and found five sites yielding important artifacts. Gordon is currently an associate researcher at Trent and the Museum of Civilization. (The Ottawa Citizen - June 23, 2001)
Gordon Watson

Paul Davidson '83 is the Executive Director of Stoddart Publishing. After five years as Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Publishers, Paul has accepted the new role at Canada's largest Canadian-owned book publisher.

Tim Owen Tim Owen '71 is the director of World Education Services. WES provides immigrants who need their education and skills recognized with tools to help them find appropriate employment. And WES provides employers with the tools to recruit skilled workers. It is a not-for-profit organization and the largest credential assessment service in North America. It mission is to facilitate the integration of foreign trained individuals into the employment and education environment of its host country. "There are wide-reaching benefits. Newcomers are able to use their skills more effectively, and recruiters and admitting personnel have some way of knowing what their degrees or training are worth." Tim anticipates serving upwards of 8,000 applicants a year. His background includes extensive work with COSTI, Canada's largest agency with a specific mandate to serve immigrants.

Susan Neale '79 is the Museum Coordinator for the Centennial Museum and Archives in Peterborough. She assumed the post in November 2000. Susan is a local resident, an active member of the heritage community and already had a working relationship with museum staff. She previously served as director/curator of the Scugog Shores Museum in Port Perry. (Peterborough Examiner - November 12, 2000)

Lynn Mendelson '71 and Hope Hunter '71 Lynn Mendelson '71 is the co-author of Chicken! Chicken! Chicken! And more Chicken! Lynn's co-author is her twin sister Susan. In an interview with CJN, Lynn noted that "I was always cooking, having people over for meals. I catered the first seder at Trent University." When her first chicken cookbook sold out, it was never re-issued. At Toronto's The Cookbook Store, it was one of the 10 most requested out of print cookbooks. (CJN - January 23, 2001)

John Muir '75 is admitted to the Peterborough Pathway of Fame for his career in local broadcasting and the arts. John has been an energetic and creative force for the community and culture in Peterborough. The Pathway Committee stated that he is a noted broadcaster and has been instrumental in shaping Trent Radio as an influential and broad based voice for the Trent and Peterborough communities. (Trent Radio release - July 15, 2001)

Mike Stokes '82 is the subject of a Globe and mail article about Canadian screenwriters in the U.S. . awaiting a potential strike by the Writers Guild of America. "There's a real sense that the door is slamming shut," according to Mike who is one of hundreds of Canadian writers trying to make a living in Los Angeles. Mike has a contract to write a Canadian-German-British co-production. (Globe and Mail - April 20, 2001)

Wesley Marsden '86 is appointed as a full time member of the Parole Board of Canada, effective July 30, 2001. Wes is a lawyer and Chief of Alderville First Nations. He has been on the Parole Board of Canada as a part-time member for the past two years.

Nancy Jean Christie '76 wins the Canadian Historical Association's John A. MacDonald prize for the best book in Canadian history in 2000. The title of her book is Engendering the State : Family, Work and Welfare in Canada, published by University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Heidi Haensel '93 is the subject of a St. John's Express article about her experience as a new mother attending medical school. Heidi took only 3 weeks off after giving birth, and with the cooperation of Memorial University medical school faculty and students, resumed her education. "The other day, a student left a bookmark in my mailbox that read : 'It takes a village to raise a child.' It's true and I'm so glad they feel like that."
(Saint John's Express - March 25, 2001)

Jennifer Sipos '90 contributes an article to the National Post entitled, "Let's Marry Your Project". Jennifer's tongue-in-cheek article ponders romantic relationships that have somehow turned into business transactions and business relationships which have become like the rituals in a romantic courtship. Hence, language like "let's marry your project with Tom's and see what happens"
She also observes that dates are like job interviews-questions posed and scored against a predetermined checklist of ideals. " What kind of music do you like? Are you a sports fan? What's your favourite movie? Sadly, so many of us just aren't qualified for another date."
(National Post - March 6, 2001)

Katharine Fletcher '70 is a freelance travel and outdoors writer and the author-publisher of Historical Walks: The Gatineau Park Story. It is a Canadian bestseller and was in its third edition in the summer of 2001. Katharine and her husband Eric co-author books, articles and columns, and travel world-wide. They live in an 1880s farmhouse near Gatineau's wilderness sector. Their neighbours are wolves, bobcat, deer and bears.

"Going the distance..."

Eric and Pamela Davey '93 anch children Tehya and Griffen travelled from Fort McMurray, Alberta for the Head of the Trent 2001.

Donal Doyle '91 made the journey from Bosnia to see old friends at Alumni Reunion.

Andrew Hamilton '87 (second from right) took a break from life in Vancouver to reunite with Neil Hannam '87, Cathy Hunnisett '87 and Libby Dalrymple '87.

Handled with Care : Your personal information

Personal information stored in the alumni records database is treated with great respect and care by the university and alumni association. The mailing list is never sold or rented. The Alumni office acts as a broker between alumni, who may wish to contact old friends for personal reasons. Our policy is to notify an alumnus/a that another alumnus/a wishes to be in touch, and leave the decision about contact up to the individual.

In the case of alumni reunions and other special alumni initiatives, alumni information is provided to approved Alumni Association volunteers.

The Alumni Association offers a voluntary, password-protected on line directory of alumni who are willing to be contacted by other alumni. Visit the alumni web site for details.

The Alumni Association does have approved and carefully selected "affinity partners" who do conduct partnership mailing and phone programs. These current partners products currently include RESPs, home and auto insurance, group term life insurance and a Trent Mastercard. If you prefer NOT to receive contact from these product and service partners, please let the Alumni office know.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, storage or use of personal information, please contact Tony Storey, Director of Alumni Affairs.

This page is maintained by the Trent University Alumni Association.